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In recent years, with the acceleration of globalization, we have become accustomed to the phenomenon of printing portraits on paper currency, and this practice is almost universal in the design of paper currency in various countries. For example, in Thailand, banknotes usually feature the portrait of the Thai king. However, recently, a strange news related to Thai banknotes spread on the Internet, involving the influence of the anime culture.
Originally, in earlier years, there were a large number of counterfeit coins circulating on the market, and even in recent years, many counterfeit coins have been printed with the portraits of Japanese anime characters, among which “Yu-Gi-Oh!The most important and extensive. This phenomenon has led to the need to remain vigilant when consuming in Thailand.
Local residents in Thailand have become accustomed to the impact of the rampant counterfeit currency, which is why many netizens have already called on people to be vigilant through the internet. Take 2020 as an example, when a netizen spoke up for his aunt. Auntie runs a roadside stall selling fried bananas in Chiang Mai, Thailand. According to her recollection, one afternoon, a man about 25 years old came to her stall to buy something worth 20 Thai baht. However, he handed over a 100 Thai baht banknote to pay the bill and kept urging his aunt to hurry up.
Quickly, he took the change and things and walked away. As a result, when the aunt carefully examined the received banknote, she realized that it was a one with a printed labelYu-Gi-Oh!A counterfeit 100 baht banknote with a pattern.
For snack stalls, it’s already too late to investigate at this point. However, in Thailand, incidents of using counterfeit money to deceive are not uncommon, and such behavior often targets busy roadside vendors who take advantage of their hurried checkout to succeed. If counterfeit money is folded up and not opened for inspection, it is almost difficult to identify, causing many roadside stall owners to fall for it.
Moreover, in Thailand, it is not just snack stalls that are affected. There are reports that some people also used the money for funeral rites at funeralsYu-Gi-Oh!Fake money mixed up between them.
For example, a woman held a funeral for her mother in Thailand. Perhaps due to different local operating procedures, the signature and the amount of the offering ceremony were not checked on the spot. As a result, after the process was completed, the family members were surprised to find three envelopes containing the offering ceremonyYu-Gi-Oh!Fake money. The family members are extremely dissatisfied with this and bluntly state that this behavior is simply not worth it. In addition, not only this incident, but also some temples in Thailand have found people putting counterfeit money into merit boxes. It is unclear whether the “merit” of these counterfeit banknotes is being accumulated for oneself or reserved for anime characters.
The absurdity of these counterfeit currency incidents is beyond imagination, and it can even be said that there is no such thing as the most outrageous, only more outrageous. According to reports, there is an ATM on the streets of Thailand that allows residents to deposit cash to pay for services such as utilities.
An unknown person discovered a vulnerability in this machine and surprisingly, it can be usedYu-Gi-Oh!Refund with counterfeit money and stuff 7000 Thai baht in one go. When the machine is opened for inspection, almost everything inside isYu-Gi-Oh!counterfeit banknote.
There are rumors that one of the reasons for the popularity of counterfeit currency in Thailand is the introduction of Japanese tokusatsu films in the area in earlier years. The image of the tokusatsu hero was made into toy banknotes for sale, and because it was loved by children, more manufacturers invested in the production of counterfeit toy banknotes.
So in Thailand, a wide variety of Japanese anime counterfeit banknotes are not uncommon, such asPok é mon Pok é monTheDragon BallWait, because they look fake enough, few people manage them, and purchasing them is relatively easy.
However, it is most unacceptable for individuals to exploit legal loopholes and use these counterfeit banknotes for fraud.
As for why, among the many counterfeit toys, onlyYu-Gi-Oh!The high circulation rate of counterfeit money remains a mystery.